Tattoo

Andrew Ford

General Info

Year: 1998
Duration: c. 20:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Australia
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I - VI: 12 Timpani

Pianos (4)

Program Notes

For 12 timpani (6 players) and 4 pianos
First performance by Sprung Percussion, Stephanie McCallum, Robert Curry, James Rydge and Tamara Anna Cislowska, conducted by Daryl Pratt
Sydney Spring International Festival, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 29 August 1998

In Tattoo, six drummers playing 12 timpani beat a ceremonial dirge for some imagined passing. The four pianos are silent for the first third of the piece, then play only on their sustaining pedals, creating resonating chambers for the drums. Just before the end of the piece they also erupt into activity.

Tattoo was commissioned by Roger Woodward for the Ninth Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music in 1998, and was made possible by the award to the composer of a Peggy Glanville-Hicks Fellowship. It was given it first performance by Sprung Percussion, conducted by Daryl Pratt and was awarded the Marienberg – Sydney Spring Prize for the most outstanding original work of the 1998 festival.

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A Walk to the Japanese Garden - Vibraphone; Voice - Soprano
After the Ball Was Over - Percussion Quartet
Alchemy (Ford) - Marimba Quartet; Bass Clarinet
Boat Song - Marimba; Bass Clarinet
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Soave sia il vento - Percussion Duo - Marimba/Vibraphone
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The Armed Man - Multiple Percussion
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The Crantock Gulls - Percussion Duo
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Winterreise - Multiple Percussion - Sleigh Bells Solo
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